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%RETENTION PROMOTION & TENURE 770303
Institutions of higher education tend towards
dominance by technically oriented persons. The reasons for
the existence of institutions of higher education are seen
in terms of knowledge, information, manipulative skills,
and verbal communication --- rather than in terms of
emotional maturity, personal familiarity, creative
vulnerability, and non-verbal communication. The
essential role of the latter aspects of life in meaningful
education is lost under dominance by technically oriented
persons. The criteria for hiring, retention, promotion,
and tenure must (in the minds of technically oriented
persons) be objective criteria, ones by which numbers may
be assigned and arithmetic comparisons made. The perceived
necessity for exclusively objective criteria effectively
eliminates from consideration any loving persons who do
not permit techniques to dominate their lives. Even if
they are technically competent, they may be judged under-
qualified because they do not maintain an ultimate concern
for techniques---choosing instead to let their ultimate
concerns relate to I-Thou dialogues with whole persons.
Thus, those people who are ostensibly dedicated to the
exclusive use of objective criteria --- may let their
subjective perception of others' rejection of technocracy
be a subjective grounds for denial of retention, promotion
or tenure. Such technocrats lack integrity and promote the
fragmentation of those who do have integrity. Overcoming
these debilitating processes is not easy. A rededication
to traditional values will not be helpful. Working harder
in old ways will be to no avail. Improvements in
systematic procedures are likely to compound the
difficulties. Technical studies of the nature of the
problem will not be likely to reveal its inhumane
dynamics. Legislation mandating improvements will not
enable the imprisoned to escape from their technocratic
traps. Harsh criticism of those who are imprisoning
themselves and others --- will not enable them to quit
affirming their perverted values. Appeals to ultimate
legalistic requirements will only harden the prison bars.
Excommunication of the technocrats will intensify the
technocrats' efforts to maintain full control. Only an
unconditional and ultimate dedication to openness
(realized through trust and risk in a search for mutual
awareness and mutual understanding) will bring
understanding.
(c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in
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